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54 years, 11 months ago

Earthquake-ravaged Antakya is being rebuilt to withstand any natural disaster

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Turkey’s president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts

LA Times

Syrians wait to cross into Syria at the Cilvegozu border gate near the town of Antakya in southeastern Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused opposition parties of stoking xenophobia and racism on Monday, a day after residents in a neighborhood in central Turkey set Syrian-owned shops on fire. “One of the reasons for the tragic event that was caused …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

A look at events surrounding the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria a year ago

Associated Press

ISTANBUL — A year ago, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, causing widespread destruction and the loss of over 59,000 lives. In Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, the White Helmets rescue organization blamed the international community for the delays while the Turkish government faced criticism for its slow response, with many people waiting days for help. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘Syrians will go!’ As Turkey’s election runoff nears, refugees face new threats

LA Times

Youngsters stand next to gigantic election ad for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a campaign rally in Istanbul. In the mobile game “Zafer Tourism,” players catapult Syrian refugees scurrying into Turkey onto trucks to take them back from where they came. “We will never, ever make Turkey a warehouse of refugees,” Kilicdaroglu said in a campaign speech Tuesday in …

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1 year, 7 months ago

‘Need change, had enough’: Voters after casting their ballot in Turkey

Hindustan Times

"We need change, we've had enough," said Mehmet Topaloglu, one of the first to cast his ballot on Sunday in the southern Turkish city of Antakya, destroyed by this year's devastating earthquake. "I voted Erdogan for his first two terms, but I won't vote for him again, even if he were my father," the farmer told AFP at an Antakya …

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1 year, 9 months ago

A month after quake, multitudes in Turkey and Syria still need shelter, sanitation

LA Times

A family keeps warm next to a fire amid a huge field of earthquake debris in Antakya, Turkey, on Feb. 15. One month after a powerful earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need shelter and sanitation, and an appeal for $1 billion to assist survivors is only 10% funded, hampering efforts to tackle …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Quake-hit Antakya communities seek role in saving rich heritage

Al Jazeera

Authorities are set to start restoration imminently, but some warn a rush to rebuild could threaten the city’s unique character and communities. “We never expected it could collapse, but unfortunately Antakya has disappeared and so has our church,” he said, becoming tearful as he talked about the city’s plight. “I hope we build this church again as soon as possible.” …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Syrian refugees in Turkey face return to quake-stricken areas

Al Jazeera

Government directives issued after the earthquakes allow refugees in affected provinces to move around, but only for a limited time. “I saw it hanging on the closet door as the walls started to crumble around us.” Temporary policy According to government estimates, more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees lived in the 10 southern Turkish provinces devastated by this month’s earthquakes. …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past

Associated Press

ANTAKYA, Turkey — For nearly two weeks, Mehmet Ismet has lived in the ruins of Antakya’s most beloved historic mosque, a landmark in a now-devastated city that was famed for thousands of years as a meeting place of civilizations and revered by Christians, Muslims and Jews. Saints Peter and Paul are said to have founded one of the oldest Christian …

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1 year, 10 months ago

New quake brings more losses in Turkey and Syria

LA Times

People wait to cross into Syria at a border checkpoint near the town of Antakya in southeastern Turkey on Feb. 21, 2023. The epicenter of the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Monday evening was in the Defne district of Turkey’s Hatay province, one of the worst-hit areas in the Feb. 6 magnitude 7.8 quake that killed nearly 46,000 people in …

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1 year, 10 months ago

'You've made India proud, salute you': PM Modi to rescue teams returned from quake-hit Turkey

India TV News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with NDRF teams and other disaster management personnel who carried out relief and rescue operations in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria as part of #OperationDost. "You have done great service to humanity, made India proud," PM Modi to assistance and relief teams which returned from quake-hit Turkey. 3 Teams of 151 @NDRFHQ personnel & …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Fear, panic as new earthquakes hit Turkey-Syria border, killing 6

Al Jazeera

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Turkey-Syria border region, killing at least six people, two weeks after the area was devastated by quakes that killed more than 47,000 people in both countries. Syria’s state news agency, SANA, reported six people were injured in Aleppo from falling debris, while the mayor of Hatay said several buildings had collapsed, trapping people inside. …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Ghana soccer player Christian Atsu dies in Turkey earthquake

Associated Press

Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. Search teams recovered Atsu’s body in the ruins of a luxury 12-story building where he had been living in the city of Antakya, Hatay province, his manager said Saturday. He’ll be sorely missed.” Former Ghana captain and teammate …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey: Survivor rescued from rubble by Dutch sniffer dogs

NL Times

Partly due to the work of a Dutch rescue dog team, a survivor was rescued from under the rubble in the Turkish city of Antakya on Friday. At the request of Turkish volunteer rescue workers, two of the team's dogs searched a spot Thursday where a survivor might be. The chairman of the RHWW rescue dog team could not give …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Former Vitesse player Christian Atsu found dead in Turkey after earthquake

NL Times

Former Vitesse footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under rubble in his earthquake-ravaged hometown of Antakya, Turkey. On Saturday it was announced, that Vitesse will play at FC Volendam on Saturday from 4.30 pm with mourning bands due to the death of former player Christian Atsu. The funeral of our football player Christian Atsu, who lost his life under …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: Two rescued 12 days after quake

Al Jazeera

Local media reports that a man and woman were rescued after spending 296 hours buried under an apartment block. Turkish rescuers pulled three people alive from the rubble, 12 days after a massive earthquake claimed tens of thousands of lives, but the Turkish state news agency Anadolu later reported that one of them, a child, had died. The man, woman …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey and Syria Earthquake Survivor Stories

The Hindu

The catastrophic earthquake that initially took place on February 6, 2023 and its aftershocks have flattened the cities and towns in Turkey and Syria. Rescue workers carry Ergin Guzeloglan, 36, to an ambulance after pulling him out from a collapsed building five days after the earthquake, in Hatay, southern Turkey, on February 11, 2023. Rescue workers hand over Yigit Cakmak, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes

Associated Press

ANTAKYA, Turkey — The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria produced more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid. Here’s a look at key developments Wednesday from the aftermath of the earthquakes: DEFYING ODDS AFTER NINE DAYS A woman and her two children – a boy and a girl …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Anger toward Turkey's Syrian refugees grows after earthquake

LA Times

It was on the third day after the devastating earthquake demolished his home and almost killed him and his family that Basel, a 31-year-old Syrian refugee living in Turkey, was able to find an empty plot of land to pitch a tent as a temporary shelter for his family. “They started breaking up the tent, shouting at us until we …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Rescuers continue to dig out people week after Turkey earthquake

Firstpost

Antakya/Elbistan, Turkey: Rescuers in Turkey pulled out several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday and were digging to reach a grandmother, mother and daughter from a single family, a week after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history. The rescue phase is “coming to a close”, with urgency now switching to providing shelter, food, schooling and psychosocial care, United …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey President says last week's earthquake country's worst disaster in a century, over 35,400 killed

India TV News

Turkey earthquake: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said that last week's earthquake was country's worst disaster in a century that has killed more than 35,418 people so far. Thanking countries that are helping the disaster hit nation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a video message, said, "rescue teams have pulled out more than 8,000 people alive from …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Grief gives way to anger over Turkey’s earthquake response

Associated Press

ANTAKYA, Turkey — When Zafer Mahmut Boncuk’s apartment building collapsed in Turkey’s devastating earthquake, he discovered his 75-year-old mother was still alive — but pinned under the wreckage. Ten minutes later, she died.” He blamed “ignorance and lack of information and care — that’s why my mother died in front of my eyes.” Many in Turkey express similar frustration that …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey-Syria earthquake UPDATES: Over 34,000 killed, another 4.7 magnitude quake hits Turkiye's Kahramanmaras

India TV News

When Zafer Mahmut Boncuk's apartment building collapsed in Turkiye's devastating earthquake, he discovered his 75-year-old mother was still alive- but pinned under the wreckage. Like many others in Turkiye, his sorrow and disbelief have turned to rage over the sense there has been an unfair and ineffective response to the historic disaster that has killed tens of thousands of people …

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1 year, 10 months ago

‘Only bones left’: Turkey families look for remains as hopes fade

Al Jazeera

Anger is mounting as rescuers say they could have saved many more people after earthquakes with better help from the government. Antakya and Iskenderun, Turkey – After the earthquakes struck Turkey last week, Erdem Avsaroglu’s sister, her husband, and their two children were trapped in the rubble of their collapsed apartment block in Antakya. Missing walls reveal intimate glimpses into …

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Earthquake-ravaged Antakya is being rebuilt to withstand any natural disaster

Turkey’s president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts

A look at events surrounding the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria a year ago

‘Syrians will go!’ As Turkey’s election runoff nears, refugees face new threats

‘Need change, had enough’: Voters after casting their ballot in Turkey

A month after quake, multitudes in Turkey and Syria still need shelter, sanitation

Quake-hit Antakya communities seek role in saving rich heritage

Syrian refugees in Turkey face return to quake-stricken areas

Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past

New quake brings more losses in Turkey and Syria

'You've made India proud, salute you': PM Modi to rescue teams returned from quake-hit Turkey

Fear, panic as new earthquakes hit Turkey-Syria border, killing 6

Ghana soccer player Christian Atsu dies in Turkey earthquake

Turkey: Survivor rescued from rubble by Dutch sniffer dogs

Former Vitesse player Christian Atsu found dead in Turkey after earthquake

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: Two rescued 12 days after quake

Turkey and Syria Earthquake Survivor Stories

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes

Anger toward Turkey's Syrian refugees grows after earthquake

Rescuers continue to dig out people week after Turkey earthquake

Turkey President says last week's earthquake country's worst disaster in a century, over 35,400 killed

Grief gives way to anger over Turkey’s earthquake response

Turkey-Syria earthquake UPDATES: Over 34,000 killed, another 4.7 magnitude quake hits Turkiye's Kahramanmaras

‘Only bones left’: Turkey families look for remains as hopes fade